ENGT 1300 - Intro to Motors, Controls, and PLCs (Programmable Logic Controls)

Course Description

ENGT 1300: Intro to Motors, Controls, and PLCs (Programmable Logic Controls) is a 4-credit course offered at Columbus State Community College. This course was taught by instructor Jeff Woodson over the course of 16 weeks. This course aims to "give students a basic understanding of electric motors, motor controls, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as well as their use in controlling industrial machines." 

Course Contents

This .zip file contains the course syllabus along with a week-by-week class layout. The Labs folder contains class handouts and other materials related to lab exercises in the course. The Lectures folder contains PowerPoint slides for 17 presentations. Many of these presentations are designed to be used in conjunction with the textbook Technician's Guide to Programmable Controllers, 5th edition, by Terry Borden and Richard Cox, Delmar Publishing, ISBN # 978-1-111-54409-6. The Quizzes and Reviews folder contains review guides for five quizzes given throughout the course of the semester. 

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

ENGT 1300 (32.9 MB, 62 files)

• ENGT 1300 in Units of Instruction (ENGT 1300 in Units of Instruction format.pdf 168 KB)
• ENGT 1300 Labs 1
  • Capstone 2 (Capstone 2.pdf 9 KB)
  • Conv 1 (Conv 1.pdf 152 KB)
  • FR1 (FR1.pdf 6 KB)
  • Lab 1 Class Handout (LAB 1 class hand out.doc 197 KB)
  • Lab 1: Voltage Checks (Lab 1-Voltage Checks.docx 522 KB)
  • Lab 1 (Lab 1.pdf 7 KB)
  • Lab 1A Class Handout (LAB 1A class hand out.doc 197 KB)
  • Lab 1A (Lab 1A.pdf 9 KB)
  • Lab 1D (Lab 1D.pdf 9 KB)
  • Lab 3A (Lab 3A.pdf 154 KB)
  • Lab 3B (Lab 3B.pdf 163 KB)
  • Lab 4 (Lab 4.pdf 82 KB)
  • Lab 7: Wiring 3 Phase Motor Starters (Lab 7 - 3 phase motors.docx 295 KB)
  • Lab 7-3 (Lab 7-3 Phase.PDF 12 KB)
  • Lab 7 (Lab 7.pdf 161 KB)
  • Lab 8 (Lab 8.pdf 153 KB)
  • Lab 10A (Lab 10A.pdf 94 KB)
  • Lab 11 (Lab 11.pdf 89 KB)
  • Lab 12 (Lab 12.pdf 90 KB)
  • Lab 13 (Lab 13.pdf 94 KB)
  • Lab CR-1 (Lab CR-1.pdf 9 KB)
  • Lab CR-2 (Lab CR-2.pdf 11 KB)
  • Lab CR-1 Class Handout (LAB CR1 class hand out.doc 214 KB)
  • Lab HOA 1 Class Handout (LAB HOA 1 class hand out.doc 208 KB)
  • Lab HOA-1 (Lab HOA-1.pdf 9 KB)
  • Timer 1 (Timer 1.pdf 86 KB)
  • Timer 1B Electronic (Timer 1B Electronic.pdf 87 KB)
  • Timer 1B Pneumatic (Timer 1B Pneumatic.pdf 87 KB)
  • Timer 2 (Timer 2.pdf 90 KB)
  • Timer 4A (Timer 4A.pdf 96 KB)
  • Timer 6A (Timer 6A.pdf 95 KB)
  • Timer 8 (Timer 8.pdf 95 KB)
  • Timer 1251 #1 (Timer 1251 #1.pdf 90 KB)
• ENGT 1300 Syllabus (ENGT 1300 Syllabus(1).pdf 127 KB)
• ENGT 1300 Week by Week Class Layout (ENGT 1300 wk by wk class layout.pdf 124 KB)
• Lectures
  • Chapter One: What is a Programmable Logic Controller? (Chapter 01.ppt 439 KB)
  • Chapter Two: Understanding the Input/Output (I/O) Section (Chapter 02.ppt 774 KB)
  • Chapter Three: Processor Unit (Chapter 03.ppt 417 KB) 
  • Chapter Four: Memory Organization (Chapter 04.ppt 555 KB) 
  • Chapter Six: Understanding and Using Ladder Diagrams (Chapter 06.ppt 545 KB) 
  • Chapter Seven: Relay Type Instructions (Chapter 07.ppt 759 KB) 
  • Chapter Eight: Programming a PLC (Chapter 08.ppt 1.9 MB)
  • Chapter Nine: Programming Considerations (Chapter 09.ppt 534 KB)
  • Chapter Ten: Program Control Instructions (Chapter 10.ppt 586 KB) 
  • Chapter Eleven: Programming Timers (Chapter 11.ppt 748 KB) 
  • Chapter Twelve: Programming Counters (Chapter 12.ppt 634 KB) 
  • Chapter Thirteen: Data Manipulation (Chapter 13.ppt 534 KB)
  • Chapter Fourteen: Math Functions (Chapter 14.ppt 524 KB) 
  • Chapter 21: Semiconductor Input Devices (Chapter 21.ppt 4.7 KB)
  • Chapter 24: Photoelectric Semiconductors, Fiber Optics, and Light-Based Applications (Chapter 24.ppt 5.1 MB) 
  • Chapter 7: Solenoids (Motors Textbook Chapter 07.ppt 3.7 MB) 
  • Chapter 16: Timing and Counting Functions (Motors Textbook Chapter 16.ppt 5.8 MB) 
• Quizzes & Reviews
  • Motors and Control Logic: Review for Quiz 1 (Motors and Control Logic Quiz 1.pdf 87 KB) 
  • Motors and Control Logic (EMEC 1250) Final Exame (Motors and Control Logic Quiz 2.pdf 153 KB)
  • control Logic and PLCs: Quiz 1 Review Sheet (Motors and Control Logic Quiz 3.pdf 85 KB)
  • ElectroMechanical Controlls II Quiz #2 (PLC's Quiz 1.pdf 91 KB) 
  • Control Logic and PLCs (PLC's Quiz 2.pdf 69 KB)